IUCN Status: Near Threatened
EPBC Threat Rating: N/A
IUCN Claim: “Predation by the red fox is also a threat’”
Phascogale remains were found in <1% of fox scats (Pascoe et al. 2012).
Phascogale persisted at low abundance as fox abundance increased, but no statistical analysis, control, or other variables were tested for (Wayne et al. 2017).
There are no studies linking foxes to brush-tailed phascogale
populations.
Pascoe, Jack H., et al. “Diet analysis of mammals, raptors and reptiles in a complex predator assemblage in the Blue Mountains, eastern Australia.” Australian Journal of Zoology 59.5 (2012): 295-301.
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Wayne, Adrian F., et al. “Recoveries and cascading declines of native mammals associated with control of an introduced predator.” Journal of Mammalogy 98.2 (2017): 489-50